A new panel of SNPs to assess thyroid carcinoma risk: a pilot study in a Brazilian admixture population

• Main Authors: Isabelle C. C. dos Santos (Author), Julieta Genre (Author), Diego Marques (Author), Ananília M. G. da Silva (Author), Jéssica C. dos Santos (Author), Jéssica N. G. de Araújo (Author), Victor H. R. Duarte (Author), Angel Carracedo (Author), Maria Torres-Español (Author), Gisele Bastos (Author), Carlos C. de Oliveira Ramos (Author), André D. Luchessi (Author), Vivian N. Silbiger (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Thyroid cancer is a common malignant disease of the endocrine system with increasing incidence rates over the last few decades. In this study, we sought to analyze the possible association of 45 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) with thyroid cancer in a population from Rio G...